At the recently signed G20 Summit, Rome Declaration was adopted by the heads of state and government leaders as well as emphasizing global vaccination against Covid 19. Countries have agreed that COVID19 vaccination is good policy for the public health.
Highlights
PM Modi said the summit was fruitful. At the summit, state and government leaders discussed important global issues such as fighting the Covid-19 pandemic, strengthening economic cooperation, improving medical infrastructure as well as promoting innovation. The “Rome Declaration” was also adopted and a very strong message in the communiqu from the Department of Health was declared. Countries have agreed that Covid19 vaccination is the best policy to defeat the pandemic. At the summit the countries agreed to strengthen WHO so as to facilitate Covid19 vaccine approval process during an emergency. The focus of the session was on climate as well as energy. Some developing countries have called for protection of their interests.
About Rome Declaration
This declaration consists of 16 generally agreed principles designed to prevent future health crises and guide common actions to build a more equitable, safer and sustainable world. The principles are:
- Support and improve existing multilateral health care architectures for response, detection, readiness and prevention.
- Committed to monitoring and implementing a multidisciplinary, evidence-based ?one health? approach to addressing risks arising from interactions between humans, animals and the environment.
- Promotion of Community and Health Policy.
- Promotion of a multilateral trade system
- Ensure affordable, equitable and worldwide access to high-quality, safe and efficient health care systems.
- Assists low- and middle-income countries to gain experience and develop regional manufacturing capabilities.
- Focus on capacity building, data sharing, licensing agreements and voluntary technology.
- Strengthen support for existing preparedness and prevention structures.
- Investments in global health and healthcare workforce.
- Invest in adequate training, resources and staffing of the Health and Animal Medical Examination Laboratory.
- Investments in the development and improvement of interoperable surveillance, information and early warning systems.
- Investments in international, national and multilateral cooperation for development, research and innovation.
- Improve the effectiveness of response and preparedness by facilitating inclusive and meaningful dialogue and increasing support.
- Ensuring the effectiveness of funding mechanisms.
- Coordination of constrained, non-constrained and emergency responses for sustainable and equitable recovery.
- Meeting the need for optimized, improved, predictable and sustainable mechanisms for long-term financing for epidemic prevention, preparedness, response and detection.
About G20
It is an unofficial group of the European Union (EU) and 19 countries, including representatives of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. There is no permanent headquarters or secretariat.